# Elasticsearch multiple instances on 6.X

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-multiple-instances-on-6-x/122597>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 5, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-multiple-instances-on-6-x/122597 "2018-03-05T20:52:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![JJerpseth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JJerpseth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JJerpseth)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-multiple-instances-on-6-x/122597/1 "2018-03-05T20:52:37Z")

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I want to run multiple instances of 6.X on my elasticsearch cluster.

All of the suggestions on how to do this involve version 5.X or earlier where the Epath.conf could be used to start two instances.

With 6.X the option of designating the config file in the startup line has disappeared so I'm stuck in how to designate multiple config files.

If anyone is running multiple instances of elasticsearch in a 6.X cluster, I could use some hints about how to set it up.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-multiple-instances-on-6-x/122597/2 "2018-04-02T20:52:44Z")

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